The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 10, 2001
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 972
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.77° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.84° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.